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Hungary is entering a new phase of public health development. The challenges of facing the social and health impact of the economic and financial crisis require redressing of the balance between the assets and deficit models for evidence based public health. A greater focus on assets based approaches could help unlock some of the existing barriers to effective action on health inequities. Hungary has a history of asset approach in local communities. However, if an asset approach is to be realised, a number of things need to be in place to ensure that the aims and objectives of the New Hungary Development Plan (NHDP) can be reached. This chapter sets out the lessons learnt from the past and highlights the critical conditions for policy to assure they take account of the country’s assets at the national, regional and local level.
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Makara, P., Németh, Z., Taller, Á. (2010). Strengthening Asset Focused Policy Making in Hungary. In: Morgan, A., Davies, M., Ziglio, E. (eds) Health Assets in a Global Context. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5921-8_15
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